[esr]> > > The version I just released does exactly that. Well, not exactly; it> > > actually looks at fstab -- /proc/mounts gives you '/dev/root' rather> > > than a physical device name in the root entry.

IMHO you should still use /proc/mounts to determine the root filesystemtype. In my fstab file I don't mention ext3 anywhere - I use 'auto' asfs type instead. That way my ext3 partitions will mount correctly whenI boot a non-ext3-capable kernel. (They mount as ext2 in that case.)